The markets had a huge follow-up session and a very important one
technically, as the indices gapped very sharply higher at the opening. The NDX
reached its highs for the day right at the get-go. Later in the session the SPX
did make a nominal new high, but basically the indices backed and filled in a
4-wave session in bullish consolidative fashion. So they did a very good job of
not giving back anything, and from a technical perspective they hit certain
levels of resistance that were key. They did back off those levels, but then
consolidated nicely just underneath those levels, and are now set up for
continuing this rally, perhaps after some further digestion and backing and
filling, but a very constructive session indeed!
Net on the day the Dow was up nearly 370, the S&P 500 up 48, and the
Nasdaq 100 just under 48. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (SOXX) was up
6.20.
Advance-declines were a VERY strong 28 to 4 positive on New York and a little
less than 4 to 1 positive on Nasdaq. Up/down volume was 25 to 4 positive on New
York on total volume of just under 3 billion. Nasdaq traded just under 4 billion
and had a ratio of a little less than 4 to 1 positive on advancing over
declining volume.
Many stocks on TheTechTrader.com board had monster gains. Leading the way
today was Goldman Sachs (GS), which was up 21.80 to 129.80. Energy Conversion
Devices (ENER), which was one of our stocks to watch this morning, jumped to
69.14, up 9.87. Fuel System Solutions (FSYS) at 51.43 was up 5.28, and Morgan
Stanley (MS) jumped to 27.21 up 4.66. The USO on the snapback in oil jumped 3.80
today.
Solar energy stocks did well, with Sunpower ( SPWR ) up 7.88,Canadian Solar
(CSIQ) 1.45, JASO 1.99, and Solarfun (SOLF) 91 cents.
Chart of the Week Trex (TWP) snapped back smartly, closing at 19.02, up 1.87.
Portfolio position GB at 26.27 was up 1.38, tagging 27.08, a new 52 week high.
Shippers did well, with DryShips (DRYS) up 5.97. We added that to our
portfolio today. And Excel Maritime (EXM) was up 2.93 to 23.46.
Brigham Exploration (BEXP) in the junior oil sector had a great day, up 1.32
to 14.50, and Blue Coat Systems (BCSI) snapped back 1.14 to 16.90. A-Power
Energy (APWR), former portfolio position, was up 1.70 to 13.75.
The DUG had a really bad session, down 6.23 to 35.01, as oil snapped back
more than 5 today. The QID was down 2.40, and the SDS 5.85, as would be expected
on another strong day.
It was a very difficult session today for ABK, which ran as high as 8.59 this
morning and closed at 3.87, down 2.80, a huge negative reversal on volume of 61
million shares.
Stepping back and reviewing the hourly chart patterns, the overall structure
of the pattern is very bullish and definitely indicates that an important low is
in. We could test lower levels, but we have a very nice structure set up.
Overhead resistance is at today's highs up around 1770-75 NDX, and 1260-65 zone
on the SPX. A breakout above those levels could lead to a very strong extension
of the rally, and we expect that may occur.
